Posted: Feb 12, 2022

Oilers Have Record Setting Day at Grand Valley's Big Meet Day Two

Allendale Michigan- The University of Findlay Men's and Women's Track and Field team competed in day two of the Grand Valley State University BIG MEET on Saturday Feb 12.

Women's Results-

The Women had themselves a day with a broken record and 23 top 15 finishes in their respective events. In the 60 Meter Dash freshmen Nicole Fishpaw finished 6^th with a time of 7.86 seconds while her freshmen counterpart Jordan Taylor finished 10^th with a time of 7.98 seconds. Fishpaw also placed 7^th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 25.88 seconds. Freshmen Taylor Ivory finished right behind her in 8^th place with a time of 25.97 seconds. In the 400-meter dash Freshmen Kylie Ray took 4^th with a time of 57.95 seconds, Freshmen Ivory Taylor took 10^th with a time of 58.57 seconds and freshmen Bethany Smith finished in 15^th with a time of 59.72 seconds. In the 60-meter hurdles freshmen Kylie Ray secured 5^th with a finishing time of 9.04 seconds and sophomore Kenedi Hayden took 11^th finishing in 9.23 seconds. Moving on to the jumping events the Women did just as well. Sophomore Alexis Fries finished 8^th in the high jump clearing 1.48 meters. In the pull vault the number 3 nationally ranked Oilers took places 2 through 5 with Sophomore Morgan England, Sophomore Lindsey Kluesener, Junior Meadow Cromer, and Senior Savanah Amato (unattached) jumped 3.96 meters, 3.96 meters, 3.96 meters, and 3.86 meters respectively. For the women's triple jump freshmen Madison Myers took 4^th place with a jump of 10.89 meters. In the throwing events the Oilers held their own with 6 top 15 finishes. Freshmen Trista Fintel took first with a throw of 14 meters which met an NCAA provisional mark. Sophomore Paige Emnett also met the provisional mark with a throw of 13.76 meters which earned her second place in the event. Freshmen Kelsey Kennon placed 14^th with a throw of 11.51 meters and Sophomore Brynlee Hanneman took 15^th with a throw of 11.34 meters. Emnett also earned herself a 5^th place finish in the Weight Throw clearing a distance on 16.07 meters. Kennon took 7^th with a throw of 15.41 meters and Hanneman took 14^th with a distance of 14.58 meters on her throw.

To top it off for the Women's team, Sophomore Simone Green took first in the triple jump where she broke her own school record of 39 feet 5 ½ inches (12.02 meters) by jumping 40 feet 3 ¼ inches (12.27 meters) which is almost 2 feet past the NCAA provisional mark.

Men's Results-

The Men's team also had themselves a day with double digit top 15 finishes. Freshmen Dylan Reason took 3^rdin the 400-meter dash with a time of 50.01 seconds. Junior Lane Kolb finished fractions of a second behind with a time of 50.18 seconds to take 4^th place. Freshmen Isaac Webb also took 11^th in the event with a finishing time of 51.31 seconds. In the 800 meter run freshmen Joe Sadowski took 15^th with a time of 1:56.60. In the Distance medley the team of freshmen Simon Derstine, Junior Xavier Marable, freshmen Gabriel Foster, and freshmen Jordan Foster took 14^th with a time of 10:02.82 which met the NCAA provisional mark. In the jumping events senior Martin Etsey was able to take 10^th in the long jump with a distance of 5.95 meters. In the men's shot put the Oilers took 6^th and 7^th with throws from freshmen Tresnan-Rieghard (14.68 meters) and junior Max Prenger (14.60 meters). In the weight throw Prenger took home 2^nd with a throw of 17.95 meters which met an NCAA provisional mark. Freshmen Orry Willems took 6^th place with a throw of 16.51 meters, freshmen Zac Belanich took 7^th with 15.83 meters, and Tresnan-Rieghard took 8^th with 15.76 meters.